Boat Could Blow Any Time
2004-09-13
A battleship that sank into the Thames river near Londonduring World War II contains unexploded bombs that couldblow up at any time.
Mick Hamer writes in New Scientist that the RichardMontgomery, a U.S. cargo ship, has been underwater in thequiet, suburban neighborhood of Kent for 60 years, but it’sonly recently been discovered that the fuses on the bombsare unstable and even a small shock could ignite them at anytime. If they explode, it will be one of the biggestnon-nuclear blasts ever, sending a column of watercontaining mud, metal and munitions almost two miles intothe air.
Since the Brits haven’t done anything about it yet, theymust betrustingtheir vibes.